Delicious Easter Recipes

This recipe and its filling variations comes from Chef Kate Bryan, owner of Seven Swans Creperie in Kansas City, Missouri, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You can make the crepes ahead of time and then customize the filling to your Easter meal, with delicious options like Lavender Lemon Curd.

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Salty, savory Italian salsa verde plays beautifully with the richness of mayonnaise in this punchy, rustic deviled eggs recipe. 

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Easter weekend guests? Create a bagel bar for Saturday's breakfast, then grab a couple of bagels to make this strata for Sunday.

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This light, airy treat features the perfect level of mango sweetness. Top with sliced kiwi and toasted coconut, and it's ready for dessert or an Easter brunch buffet. 

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This exceptionally smooth and sweet dip contains just three ingredients and comes together in a flash. Simply combine mascarpone cheese, maple syrup and lemon juice, then serve with pre-cut fruit for a light dessert or an early morning brunch.

Although you can eat it warm, this fresh frittata can also be a make-ahead Easter brunch dish. Serving it at room temperature means the salad on top won't wilt (and your cooking work is done before the guests arrive).

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A simple homemade glaze of vinegar, cherry jam and basil bakes on this seasonal favorite.

Malted milk powder and chopped malted Easter egg candies give this festive sweet-and-salty springtime snack mix a double hit of malt-shop flavor.

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Prebaked phyllo shells (available at large supermarkets) make this recipe an absolute snap to make—start to finish, you'll be done in 35 minutes.

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Slather these quick muffins with softened butter, purchased apple jelly with jalapeño and sage, then top with ham. The result? A satisfying and creative dish that's sure to please your crowd. 

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Brushed with mustard and coated with garlicky breadcrumbs, these petite chops are a quick alternative to a classic leg of lamb. The recipe comes from Michigan chef Andy Schudlich. 

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Made with a tube of crescent roll dough, herby cream cheese and fresh vegetables, this is a fancied-up version of a classic Midwest party app. Cut it into slim wedges for a crowd.

Your food processor whirls peas with chives, parsley, tarragon and a bit of tahini for a bright, creamy and healthy dip that tastes like spring.

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Soaking the currants in balsamic vinegar gives them a slightly tangy flavor that contrasts well with the rich dough of this classic Easter bread.

The legendary lemon-ricotta hotcakes from Hell's Kitchen, a Minneapolis favorite, will brighten any spring brunch. 

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This lightly sweet potato salad can be a side on your Easter table or be served the next day with leftover Easter ham.

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The combination of spiced, buttery pears; tart creme fraiche; and baked pancake is sublime. 

Whole-roasted carrots are an effortlessly glam side, perfect with ham. But the real genius here is the matchstick-sliced ginger that bakes with them. Candied in the glaze, it's a chewy, intensely gingery topping you'll be pinching right off the pan.

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Dessert or coffee cake? It's up to you. A hint of orange rounds out the flavors.

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Thickened with a little potato and flavored with leeks, shallot, white wine and the faintly anise-y herb tarragon, this sleeper hit of a soup is subtle, springy and unexpectedly special.

What's Maltaise Sauce, you ask? It's just hollandaise sauce with a bit of orange zest and juice added. But you wouldn't believe how that bit of zing transforms this brunch standard.

This flavor-packed dish combines garlic-infused chicken with perfectly cooked vegetables. Roasting the lemon in the pan brings out its flavor.

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Egg bread, extra egg yolks and half-and-half take a trusty classic to new levels of splurge. Both the French toast and berries need to rest overnight, so this is an ideal make-ahead brunch dish. The recipe comes from The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook (University of Minnesota Press, $29.95).

These celebration-worthy breakfast rolls are a family tradition with Jean Haviland of Carroll, Iowa. 

Scrambles are a blank slate that you can adapt to every season and celebration, varying the veggies to use whatever you have on hand. This recipe comes from The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook (University of Minnesota Press, $29.95).

This yeasty coffee cake takes time because it's a yeast-leavened dough, but there's no kneading required.

This recipe starts with square bacon-flecked cornmeal biscuits you can make ahead. On Easter morning, scramble the egg-veggie mixture, fill the biscuits, and bake to heat and melt the cheese.

This recipe couldn't be simpler! Just simmer grapefruit slices in maple syrup for a delicious, rosy compote to serve over waffles, French toast, crepes—or these subtly orange-flavored pancakes.

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